This Spring Festival holiday, many marriageable young people are facing the soul of friends and relatives three questions: “Looking for an object? Is there a suitable one? When will you get married? “
The reporter recently visited in Shanxi, Henan, Hunan and other places found that many rural young men of age face this problem more “embarrassing”. In some rural areas, the necessary to marry a wife car, house, bride price and other new “three big things” cost surprisingly soared to millions of dollars, Marriage has become a heavy burden on some families.
“Three big things” into “three big mountains “
“The village to marry a daughter-in-law, some of the full down to about 1 million yuan, can not afford to marry. “The reporter interviewed in a county in northern Jin, the local villagers said helplessly.
This village has more than 600 people, of which more than 20 unmarried young men of older age. “On average, there is one in ten households. “The village cadres said that these people are concentrated in their thirties, and a few in their forties.
Reporters visited many places found that the house, car, bride price and other new “three big things” cost less than 500,000 or 600,000 yuan, more than a million yuan, become some rural marriageable young people can not carry the The “three mountains”.
Some villagers to the reporter to calculate how to spend millions of dollars: not counting miscellaneous expenses, the local county housing prices per square meter about 4,000 yuan, a house with furniture, Home appliances more than 600,000 yuan, buy a car nearly 200,000 yuan, plus the bride price and “three Gold The “three gold” (gold ring, gold necklace, gold earrings) and other expenses also have to 150,000 to 60,000 yuan.
Many villagers reflect that the bride price has soared rapidly in recent years, from ten to twenty thousand yuan to the current one hundred thousand yuan. In some areas in northern Jin, the bride price has 152,800 yuan, 131,400 yuan and so on, harmonizing with “to me two hair” “one lifetime”.
In Yueyang City, Hunan Province, part of the rural areas, in the past, the wedding only need to build a new house in the village can be, construction costs in the 200,000 yuan. In recent years, in the county to buy a house has become the “standard” trend, some even require higher, the purchase of a house to spend more than 500,000 yuan.
Many villages have more men and fewer women
An important reason for “can’t afford to marry” is “can’t marry On”. In many rural areas, marriageable young people face the embarrassment of having more men than women.
Before the Spring Festival, Liu Xuan, 26, from Dancheng County, Henan Province, returned to his village from abroad and is busy dating these days. Since the age of 19, Liu Xuan has met more than a dozen relatives. “Our side of the boy matchmaking have to queue, girl matchmaking can pick. “Liu Xuan said.
Liu Laili, secretary of the former Liu Lou village party branch, said there are more than 500 households in the village, and there are 44 unmarried men between the ages of 23 and 32, while there are only 32 unmarried girls of the right age. “Here the bride price of about 100,000 yuan, there are Parents working outside, basically can afford to pay, the economy is not a big problem. “Liu Laili said that the lack of girls is the main reason why it is difficult for most young men in the local rural areas to get married.
China Statistical Yearbook 2020 released by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that by the end of 2019, the national gender ratio of men and women reached 104.46, of which 101.28 for ages 30 to 34, 106.65 for ages 25 to 29, 114.61 for ages 20 to 24, and 118.39 for ages 15 to 19. not only are there more men and fewer women, but as the age drops, the ratio of men to women The ratio of men to women is further expanded.
Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, a village party branch secretary told reporters: “The village has more than 30 young men of advanced age, from the surrounding situation, the problem of more men and fewer women is becoming more and more obvious, and it is more difficult for young men in rural areas to get married. For example, the same intellectual, physical disabilities and other issues, boys are difficult to find a match, girls married out more easily. “
On the other hand, rapid urbanization has led to a large rural population moving into the cities. Compared with young men, young women stay in the city and get married more easily. Jinbei a village first secretary said, nearly five or six years, the village married outside the girl has eight or nine, but a foreign bride did not marry back.
City girls do not want to “marry” to the countryside, rural boys but it is difficult to marry in the city. Many interviewees said that the rural young men working outside, most lack of Education and skills, it is difficult to settle down in the city “to establish a foothold”.
“Can not afford to marry” derived from a series of problems
Reporters interviewed found that the difficulty of marrying a wife to rural social relations has brought a series of impact, but also derived from a number of governance problems.
Many rural people reflect that marriage has become a heavy burden on many villagers, and even become part of the rural Family debt, the main reason for poverty. Some villagers say that saving money for their sons to get married is their “lifelong goal,” but the money saved by fathers and sons after years of hard work is often only enough to buy a house, and other expenses are still They have to borrow money.
The high cost of marriage is also prone to sow hidden dangers to family relations after marriage, causing a considerable impact on traditional moral concepts such as hard work and filial piety to parents.
Many of the interviewees reflected that many young people are now excessive comparison, Food and the pursuit of the best, such as marriage “one step in place”, buy a house requires full payment, buy a car to pursue the grade In addition, they even go to the extent of transferring debts to their elderly parents.
In some areas, “remarriage” bride price is even higher than ” In some areas, the “remarriage” bride price is even higher than the “head wedding” bride price. The reporter visited some rural areas in southern Hebei province and found that the bride price for divorced “second marriage” young women generally needs about 200,000 yuan. The “remarriage” cost is too high, resulting in the male family appeared “dare not divorce” “make do with over The “remarriage” cost is too high, resulting in the male family “afraid to divorce” “make do with it” mentality.
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